stackyFACTSThose intensely furious arguments you hear on morning radio are rarely spontaneous. Producers routinely hire vocal performers or force their interns to call into the switchboard disguised as irate citizens, deliberately saying the most unhinged things possible just to keep listeners enraged and tuned in.
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